CURMUDGUCATION : Catch up with CURMUDGUCATION What Choice Won't Do 41 by Peter Greene / 22h When it comes to the advocates of school choice, there are many points with which I disagree. I disagree with many of their assessments of the public school situation ("a dead end for which we spend more money than God and get results lower than dirt"). I disagree with many of their policy goals (why exact

Sacramento City Unified sends out letter that riles teachers | The Sacramento Bee : In labor dispute with teachers, school district goes directly to parents Big Education Ape: Struggling to make Sac City a destination school district | The Sacramento Bee - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2017/04/struggling-to-make-sac-city-destination.html Big Education Ape: Sacramento City school district, t

Stop wating money on school vouchers | Charlotte Observer : The evidence is clear, vouchers don’t work Students who accept vouchers to attend private schools lose ground academically and perform worse on standardized tests than students who remain in public schools. That’s the takeaway from studies involving state vouchers in Louisiana, Ohio, and Indiana, as well as the only federally funded vouc

Former Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Subpoenaed In Pie-Throwing Case « CBS Sacramento : Former Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Subpoenaed In Pie-Throwing Case SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Former Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson has been subpoenaed in a trial for a man accused of hitting him with a pie. CBS13’s Steve Large reports that Johnson and his wife Michelle Rhee were served with the subpoenas at Sac

Does It Matter Who Runs New York City’s Schools? - The New York Times : Does It Matter Who Runs New York City’s Schools? Top 5 Things to Know About Mayoral Control of Schools - Center for American Progress - https://ampr.gs/ZZxj35 The State Legislature’s failure to pass a bill extending mayoral control of New York City’s schools before the end of the term on Wednesday had no immediate effect on t

School equity? The problem is funding, not formulas. | Fred Klonsky : School equity? The problem is funding, not formulas Democrats in the Illinois state legislature have been focused on the school funding formula for years. One of the leaders in this effort has been Democratic State Senator Andy Manar. While Illinois state funding for public education ranks among the lowest in the nation, even t

Personalized Learning Is NOT Inclusion! : Personalized Learning Is NOT Inclusion! One is the loneliest number that you will ever do…. ~Three Dog Night Personalized learning must not be mistaken for inclusion. The reality is that it’s student isolation! Inclusion is generally defined as the action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. Doing schoolwork on a digital

30 years after Edwards v. Aguillard: Here’s why creationism still lingers in America’s public schools : 30 years after Edwards v. Aguillard: Here’s why creationism still lingers in America’s public schools his month marks the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Edwards v. Aguillard , a groundbreaking case that ruled it unconstitutional to require creationism to be taught in p

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Rethinking binary gender views on Pride Week : Rethinking binary gender views on Pride Week Klonsky brothers talking intersex with Pidgeon Pagonis on Hitting Left. After all these years, I find I'm still working to get unstuck from traditional, binary views of gender and sexuality and the power-laden and oppressive use of language that goes with it. Thanks to Friday

“The Fart-Free Classroom” (Jerry Heverly) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice : “The Fart-Free Classroom” (Jerry Heverly) After the previous post on the teachers being practical politicians, Jerry Heverly commented on it and sent along a post he had written illustrating the inexorable dependence of teachers upon their students and the inherent dilemmas teachers face in exerting

An Open Letter to the Mukilteo School Board: Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Means Breaking the Rules and Allowing Kids to Walk in Graduation with Their Peers. | Seattle Education : An Open Letter to the Mukilteo School Board: Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Means Breaking the Rules and Allowing Kids to Walk in Graduation with Their Peers. Dear Mukilteo School Board members, Over the two weeks be

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